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'While I Was Growing Up' - Madeleine Albright's new book

Published:Sunday | July 11, 2010 | 12:00 AM
Former US Secretary of State Madeleine Albright, second from left, reacts as she gets a kiss from a Chinese girl during her visit to an elementary school in Shanghai, China, Thursday, July 1, 2010. Albright is leading a presidential delegation to Shanghai to attend USA National Day at the World Expo 2010 Shanghai. - AP

NEW YORK (AP): Former United States Secretary of State Madeleine Albright is working on a "part memoir and part-cautionary tale" about Europe from 1937 to 1948.

HarperCollins said last Tuesday that Albright's While I Was Growing Up will be published in 2012.

Albright was born in Czechoslovakia in 1937 and was forced to leave after Nazi Germany gained control of it. She spent much of World War II in England.

Her book will combine personal memories, archival material and interviews to offer a "child's view" and "adult's broader perspective" of the era.

Albright was secretary of state during President Bill Clinton's second term. Her other books include Madam Secretary and The Mighty and the Almighty.